Member Productions

Illuminated Dresses is a collection of monologues that explore life, identity, and clothing

Burning Coal Theater
224 Polk St.
Raleigh, NC

Oct. 25, 26, 31, Nov. 1, 2
7:30 pm

Oct. 27, Nov. 3
2 pm

For more information call +919-928-6011

TOP SECRET DEER DAY CARE by Laura Shamas, produced October 23-26, 2019, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO. Description: After moving with her parents from the city into a new house at the edge of the forest, Jill discovers a naturalist boy named Stanley sitting just beyond her backyard fence line. Captivated and intrigued by the sudden emergence of a young fawn and its family, Jill and Stanley join forces to protect the colonies of deer who have grazed the land for generations.

All is well until they receive news that a developer has purchased the forest and plans to build a larger “colony” of their own. Determined to preserve the beauty before them, the two vow to fight for their newfound friends and a greener world. Winner: 2018-2019 National Playwriting Award for Theatre for Young Audiences, awarded by University of Central Missouri, Theatre and Dance. https://www.ucmo.edu/offices/theatre-and-dance-box-office-tickets/#

My short comedy, HIT LIST, will be part of the PCSF (Playwright Center of San Francisco) Best Short Plays Festival at the Phoenix Theatre, 414 Mason Street, San Fran. October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26--2PM and also 8pm on the Saturdays.

PCSF Best Short Plays of 2019 tickets

Mabel is in a nursing home, and after learning she has cancer ponders how to survive the anguish of her situation.

My ten-minute play, The Model, will be performed at the Know Theatre, Binghamton NY,  the weekends of November 22-24 and 29-Dec 1. https://knowtheatre.org .  The Know Theatre sends out three images of painting every year, asking playwrights to create a short play based on one of them. The Model was inspired by the painting "Folded," by Audrey Higginsow. 

My piece, Just for the Weekend, is being performed as part of the theme of Ascension by the BridgePHL festival at the Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street at 7:30, with additional performances November 9th at 2:00 and November 10th at 7:30. I hope to see you there.  This play was also read at SHE SPEAKS in Kitchener, Ontario two years ago.

Four short plays by Jennifer O'Grady--"The Gorilla," "Bars," "Cage," and "Circumnavigation"--were produced by Primal Theatre in CAGE: Family-Friendly Animal Plays at Barons Court Theatre, London, UK, from 9/3-8, 2019. 

 How do you deal with people you don't like, and you're old, and just found out you have cancer? Why, kill them, of course! HIT LIST  is part of the best of PCSF Short Play Showcase at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco (414 Mason Street)--eight performances on Oct, 17, 18,19, 24, 25, and 26, 7PM.

SEEDS by Laura Shamas, produced by New Native Theater, at the Minnesota State Fair, in conjunction with Sean Sherman/The Sioux Chef's Day of Celebration of Indigenous Food. Event is free with entry to the Minnesota State Fair. Details: https://twincities.eater.com/2019/7/18/20699156/sioux-chef-sean-sherman-indigenous-food-minnesota-state-far

SEEDS , a ten-minute play, is set in a dystopian future, and is about a Native American family's guardianship of native seeds. 

"Picnic at Hanging Rock," adapted by Laura Shamas, runs August 24 - September 8, 2019,  at Villanova Players, Brisbane area, Australia. Villanovaplayers.com. Directed by Jacqueline Kerr and Emily Janz. At the Ron Hurley Theatre, Tallowwod Street & Griffith Street, Seven Hills, Queensland. 

 "Unsolved Crimes", will be performed in Ashland, Oregon as part of  Moonlighting, 2019: Protest and Persuasion",  at  Grizzly Peak Winery  on Thursday August 8th at 8pm, Friday August 9th at 2pm,, Saturday August 10th at 8pm and at Carpenter Hall on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus at 2pm on Sunday August 11th. Grizzly Peak Winery address: 1600 E. Nevada Street, Ashland, Carpenter Hall: 15 S. Pioneer Street.